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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 526166"><p>Welcome Mia,</p><p></p><p>Your son sounds a lot like mine was. We did send my son to a wilderness progam and then a therapeutic school. I think he is still angry at us for doing that, and in some ways i wish it had focused more on drug rehab although I don't know if it would have mattered. What I do know is that the 18 months he was at that program, was 18 months where he was drug free.... and that was good for his brain development. They say emotional development stops at the age they start using....so our drug using kids are much less mature than their peers of the same age.</p><p></p><p>The other thing is that the time he spent away was good for my daughter and may have saved her from all the chaos that was there when he lived at home. </p><p></p><p>He did come home after that, did great for about 6 months and went down hill from there... so it did not solve all the issues in our case but for some kids it did.</p><p></p><p>So I agree with others take the opportunity to get him into rehab for what sounds like the beginnings of a serious drug problem. My son barely made it through high school.... he did manage to get a diploma but it was really by the skin of his teeth. And he is still struggling with serious drug issues and I am working on detaching as he is now 20 years old.</p><p></p><p>Keep posting here, it is a wonderful community.</p><p></p><p>TL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 526166"] Welcome Mia, Your son sounds a lot like mine was. We did send my son to a wilderness progam and then a therapeutic school. I think he is still angry at us for doing that, and in some ways i wish it had focused more on drug rehab although I don't know if it would have mattered. What I do know is that the 18 months he was at that program, was 18 months where he was drug free.... and that was good for his brain development. They say emotional development stops at the age they start using....so our drug using kids are much less mature than their peers of the same age. The other thing is that the time he spent away was good for my daughter and may have saved her from all the chaos that was there when he lived at home. He did come home after that, did great for about 6 months and went down hill from there... so it did not solve all the issues in our case but for some kids it did. So I agree with others take the opportunity to get him into rehab for what sounds like the beginnings of a serious drug problem. My son barely made it through high school.... he did manage to get a diploma but it was really by the skin of his teeth. And he is still struggling with serious drug issues and I am working on detaching as he is now 20 years old. Keep posting here, it is a wonderful community. TL [/QUOTE]
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